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Hockey, Women

Date10 – 22 August 2008
StatusOlympic
LocationBeijing Aolinpike Gongyuan Qugunqiu Chang, Beijing Aolinpike Gongyuan, Beijing
Participants191 from 12 countries
FormatRound-robin pools advance teams to classification round matches.

A week before the Olympic Games, the Azerbaijan Hockey Federation appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the participation of the Spanish women’s hockey team. Spain had won the Qualification Tournament held in Baku in April, but two Spanish players had tested positive for doping after their final match against the host nation. However, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) had exonerated the players, who claimed the positive test was part of an Azeri plan to hinder the Spanish women. They had suffered phone bombardments, ill air in the hotel and tampered drinking water during the competition. CAS also dismissed the Azeri charges, allowing the Spanish women to compete.

Top favourites for the title were the Dutch girls. They had won the World Cup in 2006, and were seeking revenge for their upset loss in the 2004 Olympic final. Argentina’s “Las Leonas” were expected to challenge, having won the somewhat devaluated Champions Trophy shortly before the Olympics. Outsider for a medal were the Chinese women. After Beijing had been selected as the 2008 Olympic host city, the Chinese had gradually become a top team, led by Korean coach Kim Chang-Back.

The Dutch won all their pool matches, and placed ahead of China. The first match for the Dutch was a 6-0 win over South Africa. Their second goal was scored by Marilyn Agliotti, who had played for South Africa at the 2000 Olympics. In the other group, defending champion Germany topped Argentina. In the semi-finals, an enthusiastic but not very knowledgeable Chinese crowd saw the home team defeat Germany. While the Germans led twice, the Chinese pulled back both times, and took the lead after 58 minutes. In the last second, the Germans earned a penalty corner, but they were unable to convert it. In the other semi, the Dutch had little trouble overcoming the Argentineans (5-2). In the final, much was expected from the teams’ penalty corner specialists (Maartje Paumen and Ma Yibo), but they would not play a decisive role. The Dutch were stronger in the first half, but could not convert their advantage until after the break. Two goals, by Van As and Goderie decided the match. For the Dutch women, it was their first gold medal since 1984, while the Chinese women won their first ever Olympic hockey medal.

PosNumberTeamNOC
1NetherlandsNEDGold
1Lisanne de Roever
3Eefke Mulder
4Fátima Moreira de Melo
7Miek van Geenhuizen
9Wieke Dijkstra
11Maartje Goderie
12Lied Welten
13Minke Smabers
14Minke Booij
15Janneke Schopman
17Maartje Paumen
18Naomi van As
19Ellen Hoog
21Sophie Polkamp
24Eva de Goede
27Marilyn Agliotti
10Kelly Jonker DNS
22Floortje Engels DNS
CoachMarc Lammers
2People's Republic of ChinaCHNSilver
1Ma Yibo
3Chen Zhaoxia
5Cheng Hui
7Huang Junxia
8Fu Baorong
9Li Shuang
10Gao Lihua
11Tang Chunling
12Zhou Wanfeng
16Zhang Yimeng
17Li Hongxia
18Ren Ye
19Chen Qiuqi
21Zhao Yudiao
22Song Qingling
31Pan Fengzhen
13Sun Zhen DNS
23Li Aili DNS
CoachKim Chang-Back
3ArgentinaARGBronze
1Belén Succi
3Magdalena Aicega
4Rosario Luchetti
7Alejandra Gulla
8Lucha Aymar
10Sole García
11Carla Rebecchi
12Mariana González
14Mechi Margalot
15Maripi Hernández
16Mariana Rossi
18Paola Vukojicic
19Mariné Russo
24Claudia Burkart
26Gisi Kañevsky
27Noel Barrionuevo
9Silvina D’Elía DNS
25Agustina Bouza DNS
CoachGabriel Minadeo
4GermanyGER
2Tina Bachmann
4Mandy Haase
7Natascha Keller
9Martina Heinlein
11Eileen Hoffmann
13Marion Rodewald
14Katharina Scholz
16Fanny Rinne
18Anke Kühn
22Janine Beermann
24Maike Stöckel
25Janne Müller-Wieland
26Christina Schütze
27Pia Eidmann
28Julia Müller
32Kristina Reynolds
29Lina Geyer DNS
1Yvonne Frank DNS
CoachMichael Behrmann
5AustraliaAUS
4Casey Eastham-Sablowski
6Megan Rivers
7Kim Walker
10Kate Hollywood
11Emily Halliday
12Madonna Blyth
13Shelly Liddelow
14Nic Arrold
15Kobie McGurk
17Rachel Imison
24Angie Skirving-Lambert
25Melanie Twitt-Wells
28Hope Munro
29Teneal Attard
30Sarah Young
32Nikki Hudson
1Toni Cronk DNS
13Fiona Johnson DNS
CoachFrank Murray
6Great BritainGBR
2Beth Storry
3Lisa Wooding
4Anne Panter
5Crista Cullen
6Mel Clewlow
7Charlotte Craddock
8Helen Richardson-Walsh
9Joanne Ellis
10Lucilla Wright
11Kate Richardson-Walsh
12Chloe Rogers
13Jennie Bimson
14Rachel Walker
15Alex Danson
18Sarah Thomas
19Laura Bartlett
22Jo Ellis
1Katy Roberts DNS
CoachDanny Kerry
7SpainESP
1María Jesús Rosa
2Julia Menéndez
3Rocío Ybarra
7Bárbara Malda
9Silvia Muñoz
10Silvia Bonastre
11María Romagosa
12Marta Ejarque
13Raquel Huertas
14Pilar Sánchez
17Núria Camón
19María López de Eguilaz
20Montse Cruz
21Esther Termens
22Gloria Comerma
23Georgina Oliva
5Paula Dabanch DNS
8Yurena Panadero DNS
CoachPablo Usoz
8United StatesUSA
3Angie Loy
4Kelly Doton
7Jesse Gey
8Rachel Dawson
10Tiffany Snow
13Keli Smith-Puzo
15Dana Sensenig
17Carrie Lingo
19Caroline Nichols
22Kate Barber
23Katelyn Falgowski
24Dina Rizzo
25Amy Tran-Swensen
26Kayla Bashore-Smedley
27Lauren Crandall
28Lauren Powley
10Sara Silvetti DNS
22Barb Weinberg DNS
CoachLee Bodimeade
9Republic of KoreaKOR
1Mun Yeong-Hui
3Jo Hye-Suk
5Kim Yeong-Ran
7Lee Seon-Ok
8Kim Jeong-Hui
9Park Mi-Hyeon
10Kim Jin-Gyeong
11Kim Mi-Seon
12Kim Jong-Eun
14Eom Mi-Yeong
15Kim Seong-Hui
17Seo Hye-Jin
18Park Jeong-Suk
19Kim Eun-Sil
20Kim Da-Rae
23Han Hye-Ryeong
10Lim Seon-Mee DNS
22Lee Soo-Jin DNS
CoachHan Jin-Su
10JapanJPN
1Ikuko Okamura
2Keiko Miura
4Mayumi Ono
5Chie Kimura
6Rika Komazawa
7Miyuki Nakagawa
8Sakae Morimoto
9Kaori Chiba-Fujio
10Yukari Yamamoto
11Toshie Tsukui
13Sachimi Iwao
14Akemi Kato
15Tomomi Komori
18Misaki Ozawa
20Chinami Kozakura DNS
22Yuka Yoshikawa DNS
3Hikari Suwa DNS
19Nichika Urata DNS
CoachYu Seung-Jin
11South AfricaRSA
1Mariette Rix
2Sanani Mangisa
3Kate Hector-Woods
5Taryn Hosking
7Cindy Brown
8Marsha Marescia
10Shelley Russell
13Lisa-Marie Deetlefs
16Jenny Wilson
17Lesle-Ann George
18Vida Ryan
19Vidette Ryan
21Lenise Marais
22Kathleen Taylor
24Fiona Butler
29Tarryn Bright
20Henna du Buisson DNS
23Farah Fredericks DNS
CoachJenny King
12New ZealandNZL
1Kayla Sharland-Whitelock
2Emily Naylor
3Krystal Forgesson
4Kate Saunders
8Jaimee Provan-Claxton
10Lizzy Igasan
11Stacey Carr
13Jo Galletly
14Kim Noakes
15Beth Jurgeleit
17Caryn Paewai
21Nin Roberts-Lang
22Gemma Flynn
23Tara Drysdale
24Sheree Horvath
26Anita Wawatai
28Charlotte Harrison DNS
29Jasmine McQuinn DNS
CoachKevin Towns

Preliminary Round

Date10 – 18 August 2008

Group A

Date10 – 18 August 2008
FormatRound-robin pool.
PosTeamNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1NetherlandsNED5001514-3Q
2People's Republic of ChinaCHN3111014-4Q
3AustraliaAUS3111017-9
4SpainESP20364-12
5Republic of KoreaKOR104313-18
6South AfricaRSA00502-18
MatchDate/TimeLocationTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #110 Aug 10:30Pitch 1People's Republic of ChinaCHN3 – 0SpainESP
Match #210 Aug 18:00Pitch 2AustraliaAUS5 – 4Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #310 Aug 20:30Pitch 2NetherlandsNED6 – 0South AfricaRSA
Match #412 Aug 10:30Pitch 1AustraliaAUS6 – 1SpainESP
Match #512 Aug 18:30Pitch 1People's Republic of ChinaCHN3 – 0South AfricaRSA
Match #612 Aug 20:30Pitch 2NetherlandsNED3 – 2Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #714 Aug 8:30Pitch 1NetherlandsNED1 – 0People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #814 Aug 18:00Pitch 2SpainESP2 – 1Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #914 Aug 20:30Pitch 2AustraliaAUS3 – 0South AfricaRSA
Match #1016 Aug 10:30Pitch 1NetherlandsNED2 – 1AustraliaAUS
Match #1116 Aug 18:30Pitch 1People's Republic of ChinaCHN6 – 1Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #1216 Aug 21:00Pitch 1SpainESP1 – 0South AfricaRSA
Match #1318 Aug 10:30Pitch 1Republic of KoreaKOR5 – 2South AfricaRSA
Match #1418 Aug 18:30Pitch 1NetherlandsNED2 – 0SpainESP
Match #1518 Aug 21:00Pitch 1AustraliaAUS2 – 2People's Republic of ChinaCHN

Group B

Date10 – 18 August 2008
FormatRound-robin pool.
PosTeamNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1GermanyGER4011212-8Q
2ArgentinaARG3201113-7Q
3Great BritainGBR22187-9
4United StatesUSA13169-8
5JapanJPN11345-7
6New ZealandNZL00506-13
MatchDate/TimeLocationTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #110 Aug 8:30Pitch 1JapanJPN2 – 1New ZealandNZL
Match #210 Aug 18:30Pitch 1ArgentinaARG2 – 2United StatesUSA
Match #310 Aug 21:00Pitch 1GermanyGER5 – 1Great BritainGBR
Match #412 Aug 8:30Pitch 1ArgentinaARG2 – 2Great BritainGBR
Match #512 Aug 18:00Pitch 2JapanJPN1 – 1United StatesUSA
Match #612 Aug 21:00Pitch 1GermanyGER2 – 1New ZealandNZL
Match #714 Aug 10:30Pitch 1GermanyGER4 – 2United StatesUSA
Match #814 Aug 18:30Pitch 1ArgentinaARG2 – 1JapanJPN
Match #914 Aug 21:00Pitch 1Great BritainGBR2 – 1New ZealandNZL
Match #1016 Aug 8:30Pitch 1United StatesUSA4 – 1New ZealandNZL
Match #1116 Aug 18:00Pitch 2ArgentinaARG4 – 0GermanyGER
Match #1216 Aug 20:30Pitch 2Great BritainGBR2 – 1JapanJPN
Match #1318 Aug 8:30Pitch 1GermanyGER1 – 0JapanJPN
Match #1418 Aug 18:00Pitch 2Great BritainGBR0 – 0United StatesUSA
Match #1518 Aug 20:30Pitch 2ArgentinaARG3 – 2New ZealandNZL

Semi-Finals

Date20 August 2008
FormatWinners of each match advanced to final round.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #120 Aug 18:00Pitch 1People's Republic of ChinaCHN3 – 2GermanyGER
Match #220 Aug 20:30Pitch 1NetherlandsNED5 – 2ArgentinaARG

Final Round

Date20 – 22 August 2008
FormatMedal round.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match 1/222 Aug 20:30Pitch 1NetherlandsNED2 – 0People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match 3/422 Aug 18:00Pitch 1ArgentinaARG3 – 1GermanyGER
Match 5/622 Aug 11:00Pitch 1AustraliaAUS2 – 0Great BritainGBR
Match 7/820 Aug 11:00Pitch 1SpainESP3 – 2United StatesUSAASDET
Match 9/1020 Aug 8:30Pitch 1Republic of KoreaKOR2 – 1JapanJPN
Match 11/1222 Aug 8:30Pitch 1South AfricaRSA4 – 1New ZealandNZL